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U.S. Air Force awards VR medical simulation training SimX contract

By TechTaffy Desk

SimX has been awarded an R&D contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop enhanced VR medical simulation training capabilities for battlefield tactical combat casualty care (TCCC).

The program will focus on adapting existing SimX Virtual Reality Medical Simulation System (VRMSS) with enhanced capabilities that is expected to increase the utility across DOD medical training.

Project enhancements will leverage the adaptation of the VRMSS for the new Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset using the HTC Vive Focus 3 headset platform, SimX said in a statement.

[Image courtesy: SimX]

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